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Aloeides aranda
Never sits with wings open. Variable underside color from brown to red and even magenta. Usually have faint band of white spots although in this specimen it is not visible.
Widespread throughout South Africa.
Spotted on Oct 24, 2013
Submitted on Oct 27, 2013
5 Comments
I have added photo's showing some of the other color forms. Taken on the same day, same location.
Beautiful!
Very nice.
What a lovely colour! I guess that is quite rare on butterflies?
COOL